The Heart Bead Tutorial is finally done

Done.  Really done.  Well, I am sure I could keep on tweaking it.

But it is now available for purchase over on Etsy: 

Heart Bead Tutorial

A beginner’s guide to making beads in general and specifically about making Heart Beads.

I have been teaching introductory lampwork since 2003.  I have had the pleasure of introducing hundreds of women and a few men to the art of lampworking.  Playing with glass for the first time is a stressful and exciting time.  This Heart Bead reinforces many of the introductory techniques that a new beadmaker has just learned.  This Heart Bead Tutorial has grown out of my weekend introductory class.  This is often our first multi step bead and we usually do it on the morning of our second day together.

This tutorial is geared towards the beginning glass artist and contains instructions for many techniques including: pulling a stringer, starting your bead, heat control, dot and stripe application, working with silver wire and silver leaf, squashing, using heat to shape and more. 

This tutorial is a 6.0MB PDF file available for instant download.  

You ever have one of those days?

Weirdness.

Things that just don't add up.

I opened an email the other day.  It said you should send all your class requirements to your ex husband????

Really?  Why would I want to do that?

I look again.  Nope - that is what it says.  Getting ready for your upcoming class.  Send the ex what you need - again ?????  Why would he want to know that?  How does the studio even know his name.  None of this is making any sense to me.  But of course, I am having a small mind fart.  There could, possibly, be more than one man with that name.

Indeed, I was not married to the dreadlocked fellow that works at the Pittsburgh Glass Center. 

You can see all the details for my class on their website (or by clicking right here).  I am very excited to be teaching in Pittsburgh from the 8-12th of June, 2015. 

I guess I will get to meet the dreadlocked dude when I get there :)